Cravings Coach - My Mentor Dr Paul Bragg
March 10, 2007
This is Diana Walker. Many people have asked me for my background, and how I became the Cravings Coach!
I started my quest for vibrant health when I was in my twenties.
In 1974, Dr. Paul Bragg came to Vancouver, Canada, to give a lecture on nutrition. Dr. Bragg, who was 94 years old at the time, was a world-famous Naturopath and Life Extension Specialist.
When he was 16, he was diagnosed with tuberculosis and given 3 months to live.
Fortunately, his parents were able to send him to a private health clinic in Switzerland.
At the Clinic, they gave him good nutrition from whole foods and pure water. They taught him the benefits of exercise, deep breathing, fresh air, sunshine, and positive thoughts.
Within a few months, he was able to leave the clinic, free of tuberculosis.
Dr. Paul Bragg devoted his life to teaching health. He pioneered the health message in North America and lived to age 96. At that time, he was still traveling, lecturing, and leading exercise classes on the beach in Hawaii.
So - back to the lecture I attended in 1974.
This was a turning point in my life. Dr. Paul Bragg stood on stage with a large loaf of white bread, and kneaded it down to the size of a golf ball.
This gave us a visual demonstration of how devoid of nutrition processed foods can be.
I was enthralled. I received his autograph on two of his books. Soon after that, I wrote to the address on the books. (There was no internet then!) Within 4 weeks I was over in Honolulu, Hawaii, studying under and working for Dr. Paul Bragg.
He provided a scholarship for me and in 1980, I received my Naturopath Diploma.
I lived a vibrantly healthy lifestyle.
But then, later in my 30s, I found it harder and harder to follow all the health principles I had been taught.
Various habits and cravings like drinking 8 cups of coffee a day, diet sodas, chocolate bars, wine and even smoking crept back into my life. I felt like such a hypocrite.
Knowing so much. But not living it.
My intense study of Cravings, what causes them, and how we can control them, has led me to today, and now for the past 10 years, I have once again lived a vibrantly healthy lifestyle, free from cravings for all the wrong things for my body.
I would love to help you on your path to freedom from cravings too!
Diana Walker
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I understand that different cravings can be a sign of deficiencies in our bodies; i.e. chewing ice = iron deficiency. I’m desperately trying to uncover any such message that might be associated with my recent, and very strong mustard cravings. I am finding nothing on the subject of mustard. Can you help? Thank you.
Hi Rosemary,
Thanks for your question — I have just recently written an article on Mustard - what a coincidence!
See my blog posting here for more details:
http://thecravingscoach.com/blog/mustard-why-am-i-craving-mustard/
Diana
I worked for Dr. Paul Bragg and studied under him for 2 years - and here are photos from that time:
http://tinyurl.com/3bcoxf
He was an inspiration to many people and he was known to be 95 years old when these photos were taken in 1976.
Diana Walker, Cravings Coach
To me, the OUTSTANDING qualities that Dr. Paul Bragg had, and the life-changing experience of working for him and studying under him, far outweigh any discussion that is now - 30 years later - happening on the internet.
I can only speak from my heart. He was the single biggest influence in my life regarding nutrition and living a healthy lifestyle.
He was an AMAZING individual and mentor.
Dr. Bragg had the energy of a 30 year old (I was in my late 20s). He was very dedicated. He influenced thousands of people worldwide.
I have wonderful things to say about Dr. Paul Bragg, and my time learning from him. I still have 2 of his books with autographs. And I’m not usually someone who holds onto a lot of things from the past.
Diana Walker, Cravings Coach
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